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On 6 January 2011, the IOC announced that it was considering packaging the U.S. On 20 March 2021, it was accounced that no foreign spectators would be allowed due to safety reasons concerning the coronavirus pandemic. There are also plans to extend the Yurikamome automated transit line from its existing terminal at Toyosu Station to a new terminal at Kachidoki Station, passing the site of the Olympic Village, although the Yurikamome would still not have adequate capacity to serve major events in the Odaiba area on its own. Funding is also planned to accelerate completion of the Central Circular Route, Tokyo Gaikan Expressway and Ken-Ō Expressway, and to refurbish other major expressways in the area. A new railway line is planned to link both airports through an expansion of Tokyo Station, cutting travel time from Tokyo Station to Haneda from 30 minutes to 18 minutes, and from Tokyo Station to Narita from 55 minutes to 36 minutes the line would cost 400 billion yen and would be funded primarily by private investors. The Japanese government is considering increasing slot capacity at both Haneda Airport and Narita Airport by easing airspace restrictions. The Tokyo metropolitan government set aside a fund of 400 billion yen to cover the cost of hosting the Games. Voting results for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games

In the final vote, a head-to-head contest between Tokyo and Istanbul, Tokyo was selected by 60 votes to 36. A run-off vote between these two cities was held to determine which would be eliminated. No city won over 50% of the votes in the first round, and Madrid and Istanbul were tied for second place.

The IOC voted to select the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics on 7 September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session at the Buenos Aires Hilton in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Applications from Baku and Doha were received, but not promoted to candidate status. Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid were the official candidate cities. For the second time in a row, the Refugee Olympic Team would compete at the Olympic Games. North Korean athletes did not compete noting health concerns, and Guinea made the same announcement, though it was later retracted. The Russian delegation was suspended, though athletes were allowed to participate as ROC. It was the first time ever since the reincarnation of the Olympic Games that the event had to be postponed, after cancellations in 1916, 1940, and 1944. Due to the global coronavirus (CoViD-19) pandemic, the event was postponed to 2021, with many venues hosting empty or only domestic stands during competition, and with additional health and safety measures for all involved. The Olympic Games in Tokyo also acted as the second leg of the "Asian Olympic Era", following Pyeongchang 2018 and preceding Beijing 2022. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, as the second time that the Summer Olympic Games had visited the nation after Tokyo 1964, and the fourth edition of the Olympic Games, after Sapporo 1972 and Nagano 1998. Olympic Stadium Tokyo 2020 or the Games of the XXXII Olympiad was the 29th Summer Olympics, following Rio de Janeiro 2016 and preceding Paris 2024.